horsehood
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]horsehood (uncountable)
- the state or quality of being a horse
- 1916, G.K. Chesterton, The Crimes of England[1]:
- Why should that singing horse commonly called the nightingale, or that climbing horse hitherto known as the cat, fall down and worship you because of your horsehood?
- 1889, Grant Allen, Falling in Love[2]:
- He was still in the intermediate stage between horse and donkey, a natural mule still struggling up aspiringly toward perfect horsehood.
- A piece of horsewear that covers the head of the horse, often also its neck and shoulders.
Translations
[edit]state or quality
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